Former India opener Virender Sehwag is somebody who all the time talks straight. On Sunday (April 11) night time, Sehwag defined why Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Manish Pandey wasn’t capable of information his group to victory in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Karnataka batsman Pandey remained unbeaten on 61 off 44 balls however SRH did not chase down the 188-run goal by 10 runs. Sehwag reckoned the greatest downside was that Manish Pandey couldn’t discover the boundaries in the demise overs permitting the run charge to spike up. Sehwag believes that had he obtained the boundaries, SRH ought to have gotten over the line.
“Pandey couldn’t hit a boundary in the last three overs he batted against KKR. That lone six came off the last ball when the match was over. He had an important role play. He already had faced the pressure and was set. Had he taken the initiative to smash a few boundaries, SRH wouldn’t have lost the game by 10 runs,” Sehwag instructed Cricbuzz.
Sehwag additionally tweeted about groups having ‘stat padding batsmen’ , saying that such groups will battle in IPL.
Teams that can have stat padding batsmen find yourself batting lengthy overs with out altering gears rapidly will battle. Depriving hitters and finishers by leaving very much less balls and making it very tough. Happened final 12 months, and such groups will battle all the time #IPL
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 11, 2021
Earlier, opener Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi (53) hit fluent half-centuries to script Kolkata Knight Riders’ comfy 10-run win in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad. KKR has obtained their marketing campaign off to a profitable begin and wish to maintain on to the momentum going forward.
“It happens sometimes that you are a set batsman but you don’t get the balls to hit. I think the same thing had happened with Manish Pandey. He didn’t get any ball in his radar and hence, he couldn’t hit a six,” he added.
